ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊ ᑲᒪᒋᑐᑕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᐣ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐧᑫᐧᑐᐣᐠ
ᐃᔭᐱᒪᑐᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐨ ᒪᓂ ᒐᑲᐱ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᑕᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒋᑭᑭᐱᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊ ᑲᒪᒋᑐᑕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐁᐦᐊᐠ ᐃᐧᑫᐧᑐᐣᐠ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊ ᑲᒪᒋᑐᑕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᐣ᙮
“ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐁᐊᐧᐸᑫᔭᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐁᐃᓇᑲᒥᑲᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐃᑭᑐᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᒐᑲᐱ ᐅᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐃᓂᐁᐧᑐᐨ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂ᙮ “ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᔕᑫᐧᓂᒧᐣ᙮”
ᒐᑲᐱ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᑫᐧᑐᐣᐠ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᐡ ᑕᔭᐣ ᒪᐠᓫᐊᓫᐃᐣ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᐣ ᒥᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᐃᐧᔕᐨ ᓂᑭᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᔑᐨ ᐁᐃᐧᐃᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᐅᐃᐧ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒍᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ᙮
“ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐁᑕ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᐡ ᐅᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᓄᑕᐠ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐊᑯ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᓇᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ,” ᒐᑲᐱ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᐁᑲᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᔭ ᑯᑕᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᐅᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐊᓂᒧᑕᐠ ᑫᒋᓇᐨ ᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᐅᑲᓇᑐᑕᑯᐊᐧᐣ,”







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